Joe Costello has decades experience in politics, energy, environment, and communications. Traveled and worked across the planet. Long a student of democracy, its demise, possible revitalization.
Well, what can you say really? With another “Executive Order,” remember, the Dems love using them too, the president claims to change the name of the Defense Department back to the old “War Department.” Defense was always a sad euphemism. War was always much more accurate, but the old republic
SUBSCRIBE My politics were founded long ago on a concern for apes – orange, black, brown, or silver haired, and the largely hairless and excessively chattering ones. Conserving ecological systems untouched or least touched by man were the most radical politics of the 20th century and remain so in the 21st.
SUBSCRIBE Wandering the streets of Manhattan a couple thoughts had me wondering about civilization. Defining civilization is always difficult. For me, the key idea is civil, which Webster defines as “adequate in courtesy and politeness.” The essential word being adequate. Scratching the thin veneer of any historically recognized civilization, courtesy
Life in the 21st century is reader supported, please subscribe SUBSCRIBE Recently, I was correctly admonished by an OB (Original Blogger) “to not become a blogger.” In lame defense, I claimed as a former news junkie, my mind has once again been immersed in the happenings of these United States.
Life in the 21st century is reader supported, please subscribe and make life sustainable. SUBSCRIBE Not long ago, Private Equity was hailed as another great new financial innovation – Mo money, Mo money, Mo money! In the last couple years, there's been a rising number of stories questioning their
Yesterday, I had lunch with author, investor, and bank analyst Chris Whalen. Chris took one of the alternate subscription paths providing a delicious sushi lunch in mid-town Manhattan. That’s right, you too dear reader can take me to a nice lunch/dinner and gain a basic membership or you
Bring it on down Bring it down for me Was thinking getting into the above show back in the day couldn't have cost ten bucks, a fraction of what it will cost you to get into Soldier Field next week. Call it inflation and good on those two
Apologies for yesterday's glitch, user-error, in placing a paywall. There's an extra step with Ghost platform. So, here it is again with the understanding good walls may make good neighbors, but not good citizens. Life in the 21st century is reader supported, please subscribe and make
Life in the 21st century is reader supported, please subscribe and make life sustainable. SUBSCRIBE In the immortal words of Larson E. Whipsnade, "You can't cheat an honest man, never giver a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump." This old American adage is
Ok, as of late, writing is a little sparse. I've been on the road, very pleasantly socializing. Years ago, Gore Vidal noted to an interviewer that writing was a solitary profession. So, with socializing, writing becomes a little sparse. In the not too distance future, I will put
'Ey? Do we know any other fucking songs that we can do? The WSJ has a scoop, How One Big Private-Equity Fund Makes Its Numbers Incomprehensible. The headline is a little confusing. Someone could read it thinking one PE firm makes its numbers incomprehensible, but in reality it'
Life in the 21st century is reader supported, please subscribe and make life sustainable. SUBSCRIBE After 40 years of financial innovations, it's hard to be shocked by anything in the financial press, but FT has a piece, Why struggling companies are loading up on bitcoin. All you can